"spring for" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "springs for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "springing for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprang for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprung for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spring<,,sprang,sprung> for"
      },
      "expansion": "spring for (third-person singular simple present springs for, present participle springing for, simple past sprang for, past participle sprung for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (for)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993 November 1, Sophfronia Gregory et al., “They're Up Against the Wal”, in Time",
          "text": "Wal-Mart . . . would pay the town $100,000 in annual taxes and cover much needed road improvements too. The store even agreed to spring for an archaeological dig on the site, once an Indian campground.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pay for; to offer money."
      ],
      "id": "en-spring_for-en-verb-iGQBuK4-",
      "links": [
        [
          "pay",
          "pay"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US, idiomatic) To pay for; to offer money."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-spring for.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/En-au-spring_for.ogg/En-au-spring_for.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/En-au-spring_for.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spring for"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "springs for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "springing for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprang for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprung for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spring<,,sprang,sprung> for"
      },
      "expansion": "spring for (third-person singular simple present springs for, present participle springing for, simple past sprang for, past participle sprung for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (for)",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993 November 1, Sophfronia Gregory et al., “They're Up Against the Wal”, in Time",
          "text": "Wal-Mart . . . would pay the town $100,000 in annual taxes and cover much needed road improvements too. The store even agreed to spring for an archaeological dig on the site, once an Indian campground.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pay for; to offer money."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pay",
          "pay"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US, idiomatic) To pay for; to offer money."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-spring for.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/En-au-spring_for.ogg/En-au-spring_for.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/En-au-spring_for.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spring for"
}